Theatres in Nairobi and Nakuru have come alive with the re-enactment of the South-African anti-apartheid movie ‘Sarafina.’ This has seen renowned artistes nurture talents in a bid to revive stage ...

The gods of theatre had their gaze on the crew and cast of Nairobi Performing Arts Studio (NPAS) for their third run at Sarafina musical at Kenya National Theatre. The show is about a series of ...

Residents, parents, educators and learners came together to mark Youth Day at Hoërskool Jeugland with a vibrant play honouring the lives lost during the 1976 Soweto uprising. The school was filled ...

Iconic Broadway play Sarafina by Mbongeni Ngema about the 1976 Soweto uprising opened at the Playhouse Company in Durban in July. Delisile Gumbi, 22, from Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal plays the lead ...

Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing one of Troika’s musical productions, Sarafina! You will remember Sarafina! was originally performed on Broadway in 1988, and ...

The celebrated playwright was a passenger in the vehicle involved in the crash. He was best known for creating the hit Sarafina! which first premiered on Broadway in 1988. Singer Harry Belafonte, one ...

Sarafina! remains one of the most iconic stage plays and films from South Africa and yet Dumisani Dlamini, who played Crocodile, feels Mzansi doesn't give it enough credit for the bounadries it broke ...

The cast (back, from left) Kamva Mabaso (Colgate), Lelethu Mokoatle (student), Sameer Singh (Lieutenant), with Mpilwenhle Bhengu (Sarafina) and Zithobile Nzimake (Teaspoon) in front. Sarafina is a ...

Set in 1976, in South Africa, black students are injured during a protest. Led by a fellow classmate, the students present a play about the symbolic Day of Liberation they all dream of—when their ...

After more than 20 years, Kenya's favorite musical, Sarafina the play, is back at the Kenya National Theatre and during its first week of showing, it did not disappoint. The new play that has brought ...

Chinyere Nwasike will walk out on stage in the title role of the South African musical Sarafina! next month. She did not quite know what she was signing up for when Troika Bermuda put out a casting ...